Scurvy: Follicular purpura as a diagnostic sign;Escorbuto: Púrpura folicular como signo guía

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 400-402

  Roé, Esther ^a,b   Dalmau, Joan ^a   Peramiquel, Laura ^a   Puig, Lluis ^a   Alomar, Agustín ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b Hospital Sant Pau S Antoni M Claret 167   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Bleeding gums; Cork screw hair; Follicular purpura; Scurvy

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANEMIA; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASCORBIC ACID DEFICIENCY; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GINGIVA BLEEDING; GINGIVITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PURPURA; SCURVY; SKIN BLEEDING; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 24044445510     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(05)73101-x     Document Type: Article

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